REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 1 1 



FOOD AND NUTRITION OF MAN. 



The inquiries on the food and nutrition of man carried on by 

 the Station in cooperation with the United States Department 

 of Agriculture for several 5'ears past have been continued. 

 These include analyses of food materials, studies of dietaries 

 of different classes of people, digestion experiments with men, 

 determinations of the fuel values of food materials, and met- 

 abolism experiments with men in the respiration calorimeter. 

 With the exception of the dietary studies, investigations in each 

 of these lines have been made during the past year. The de- 

 terminations of the composition, digestibility, and fuel values 

 of food materials were made in connection with the metabolism 

 experiments with men in the respiration calorimeter. Six met- 

 abolism experiments were made during the past year, accounts 

 of which will be published later. The results of a large num- 

 ber of experiments upon the digestibility of food materials are 

 given in the present Report. 



ANALYSES OF FOODS, FEEDING STUFFS, ETC. 



In connection with the inquiries of the Station, a large num- 

 ber of chemical analyses are required. These include analyses 

 of crops grown in the tests with fertilizers, and of foods and 

 other materials used in the metabolism experiments with man. 



In addition to the chemical analyses of the various foods, 

 feeding stuifs, etc. , the heats of combustion of a large number 

 of specimens have also been determined. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 



The usual observations of temperature, barometic pressure, 

 wind velocity, humidity and precipitation have been made at 

 Storrs. In addition, records of rainfall during the growing 

 season have been made in other places in different parts of the 

 State by farmers who have cooperated with the Station. 



DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION. 



Considerable attention is given to the dissemination of the 

 results of the work of the Station. Annual Reports and Bul- 

 letins are published and distributed throughout the State and 

 elsewhere. The Reports contain the more technical details of 



